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Her yearly appearances at the Cannes Film Festival (starting in 2002) became a media ritual. For Indian journalists, her red carpet look was a national news event. For global media, she was the standard against which other "ethnic" stars were measured. This created a unique feedback loop: an actress whose "walk" generated as much media analysis as her films. Aishwarya Rai Xxx